Heritage Guides & Tutorials
Explore the meticulous techniques, deep-rooted origins, and compelling stories behind China's intangible treasures. Our curated guides provide scholarly insight into centuries of artisanal wisdom.
Calligraphy Copying Guide: How to Choose and Practice with Model Books
Copying model books (临帖) is the essential path to learning calligrap100
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Beginner's Pitfall Guide: 5 Key Points to Build a Solid Foundation in Calligraphy
Learning calligraphy is not just about ink and brush practice. To adva100
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Complete Guide to Chinese Calligraphy for Beginners: Brush Holding, Techniques, and Strokes
Chinese calligraphy is an important part of traditional Chinese cultur100
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Selecting Materials for Hard-Pen Calligraphy
By Ren XingzhiIn mid-February, at the award-winning works exhibition o100
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Choosing and Maintaining Fountain Pens
By Li HanmingThe fountain pen is a vital tool in hard-pen calligraphy100
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How to Identify Gold-Nib Pens
A fountain pen with a nib stamped from gold alloy sheet, with an iridi100
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Various Methods of Applying Ink for Rubbings
Stone inscription rubbing is one of China's unique art forms. Taking a100
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How to Select an Inkstone
Inkstones are classified by material into stone, pottery, tile, brick,100
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How to Identify Quality Ink
Inks are classified by color into premium blue-black, premium red, pre100
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How to Select Pencils and Mechanical Pencils
China classifies pencil lead hardness into 18 grades, from the softest100
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How to Select a Brush Pen
China produces a wide variety of brush pens of fine craftsmanship, wit100
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How to Select Huizhou Ink Sticks
Huizhou ink is one of the Four Treasures of the Study — both a tool fo100
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